2 Esdras 2
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1THus saith the Lord, I broght this people out of bondage: I gaue them also my commandements by my seruants the Prophetes, whome they wolde not heare, but despised my counsels. 2The mother that bare them, saith vnto them, Go you away, ô children: for I am a widdowe and forsaken. 3I broght you vp with gladnes, but with sorowe and heauines haue I lost you: for ye haue sinned against the Lord your God, and done the thing that displeaseth him. 4But what shal I now do vnto you? I am a widdowe and forsaken: go ye, ô my children, and aske mercie of the Lord. 5And thee, ô father, I call for a witnes for the mother of these children, which wolde not kepe my couenant, 6That thou bring them to confusion, and their mother to a spoile, that their kinred be not continued. 7Let their names be scatred among the heathen: let them be put out of the earth, for they haue despised my couenant. 8Wo vnto thee, Assur: for thou hidest the vnrighteous in thee: ô wicked people, remember what I did vnto Sodom and Gomorrha, 9Whose land is mixt with cloudes of pitch and heapes of ashes: so wil I do vnto them, that heare me not, saith the almightie Lord. 10¶ Thus saith the Lord vnto Esdras, Tel my people, that I wil giue them the kingdome of Ierusalem, which I wolde haue giuen vnto Israel. 11And I wil get me glorie by them, and giue them the euerlasting tabernacles, which I had prepared for those. 12They shal haue at wil the tre of life, smelling of ointement: they shal nether labour nor be weary. 13Go ye, & ye shal receaue it: pray that the 14Take heauen and earth to witnes : for I haue abolished the euil, and created the good:for I liue,saith the Lord. 15Mother,embrace thy children,and bring them vp with gladnes : make their fete as fast as a piller:for I haue chosen thee,saith the Lord. 16And those that be dead , wil I raise vp from their places , and bring them out of the graues : for I haue knowen my Name in Israel. 17Feare not,thou mother of the children: for I haue chosen thee,saith the Lord. 18I wil send thee my seruants Esaie and Ieremie to helpe thee,by whose counsel I haue sanctified & prepared for thee twelue trees laden with diuers frutes, 19And as many fountaines , flowing with milke and hony,and seuen mightie mountaines, whereupon there growe roses and lilies,whereby I wil fil thy children with ioye. 20Execute iustice for the widdowe : iudge the cause of the fatherles: giue to the poore:defende the fatherles:clothe the naked. 21Heale the wounded,and sicke : laugh not a lame man to scorne : defend the crepel, and let the blinde come into the light of my clerenes. 22Kepe the olde & the yong that are within thy walles. 23Wheresoeuer thou findest the dead,take them and burye them , and I wil giue thee the first place in my resurrection. 24Abide stil,ô my people,and rest: for thy quietnes shal come. 25Nourish thy children , ô thou good nurse:stablish their fete. 26None of the seruants that I haue giuen thee,shal perish: for I wil seke them from among thy nomber. 27Be not weary:for when the day of trouble and heauines commeth, other shal wepe and be soroweful, but thou shalt be mery and haue abundance. 28The heathen shal enuie thee , and shal do nothing against thee,saith the Lord. 29Mine hands shal couer thee , so that thy children shal not se hell. 30Be ioyful,ô thou mother ,with thy children : for I wil deliuer thee , saith the Lord. 31Remember thy children that slepe:for I wil bring them out of the sides of the earth, and wil shewe mercie vnto them: for I am merciful,saith the Lord almightie. 32Embrace thy children , vntil I come and shewe mercie vnto them: for my fountaines runne ouer,and my grace shal not faile. 33I Esdras receiued a charge of the Lord vpon the mount Horeb , that I shulde go vnto them of Israel,but when I came to them,thei cast me of,and despised the commandement of the Lord. 34And therefore I say vnto you, ô ye heathen,that heare and vnderstand , Wait for your shepherd ,who shal giue you euerlasting rest: for he is nere at hand , that shal come in the end of the worlde. 35Be ready to the rewarde of the kingdome:for the euerlasting light shal shine vpon you for euermore. 36Fle the shadowe of this worlde : receiue the ioye of your glorie:I testifie my Sauiour openly. 37Receiue the gift that is giuen you , and be glad,giuing thankes vnto him, that hathe called you to the heauenlie kingdome. 38Arise,and stand vp , and beholde the nomber of those that are sealed for the feast of the Lord, 39Which are departed from the shadowe of the worlde, and haue receiued glorious garments of the Lord. 40Take thy nomber, ô Sion , and shut vp them that are clothed in white,which haue fulfilled the Law of the Lord. 41The nomber of thy children whome thou longest for,is fulfilled:beseche the power of the Lord,that thy people which haue bene called from the begining,may be sanctified. 42I Esdras sawe vpon mount Sion a great people whome I colde not nomber, and they all praised the Lord with songs. 43And in the middes of them there was a yong man hier in stature then them all, & vpon euerie one of their heads he set crownes,and was hier then the others, which I muche marueiled at. 44So I asked the Angel,and said,Who are these, my lord? 45Who answered,and said vnto me,These be they , that haue put of the mortal clothing, and haue put on the immortal , and haue confessed the Name of God: now are they crowned,and receiue the palmes. 46Then said I vnto the Angel, What yong man is it,that setteth crownes on them , & giueth them the palmes in their hands. 47And he answered , & said vnto me, It is the sonne of God,whome they haue confessed in the worlde. Then began I greatly to commende them, that had stand so strongly for the Name of the Lord. 48Then the Angel said vnto me, Go thy way , and tel my people,what , and how great wonders of the Lord God thou hast sene.